it would be lighter they could just push it into the street

4x2 was to make for less wirirng since I wanted simple as possible. It doesnt matter if its 4x4 ecu or 4x2 so I went with 4x2. The 4x4 ECU just has lights and slight idle controls it does.

 

ah, well in that case my mom's 99 4runner sitting in the driveway has a 3.4 with an auto trans, and 2x4 ecu.

so ill pull all the stuff out during the night and head up twoards WA, and they won't find me! lol

or.....

do an engine swap in our drive way, my mom won't notice the difference between the 3.4 and the 3.0! Lol (but i will when the 3.4 is in my truck) lol

 

that would be pretty funny I bet she would no the difference aside from being slow as hell.

Do it!

 

well in all seriousness, the wrecking yards around here in CA. Ive been quoted about $2000 for a 3.4, harness, ecu, etc.

Idk, i still want to find a donor truck though, and have everything. wonder if i could ask my insurance company to keep an eye out for me for a totaled toyota with the 3.4, and i would buy it back from them! wonder if anyone has done that (i wonder if they would do that, how much they would want for the vehicle)

No, my mom accelerates so slooo to save gas, she probably wouldn't tell, except for the fuel injectors in mine being sooo loud! lol

 

Too funny!

Ide be curious about contacting insurance too about somthing like that.

$2000 for complete isnt to bad you can find them for less on like craigslist. they come and go so fast now you have to search multiple times a day.

Might be the best route for you to buy a complete motor from the yard!

 

maybe ill find out!!

But im thinking, if i can go though and get a donor, maybe the parents will let me. Ill just have to bribe them for parts for my moms runner!

like the visor thats ripped, the antenna, etc.....

"okay, if you let me have this donor truck for a little while, ill give you the visors, antenna, starter, etc... all the stuff you need. I mean come on, you don't have to pay anything except looking at it in the driveway"

(but then after i get it ill lie and make them pay for the stuff, lol jk)

 

Good luck

 

yea, same to you on your build. im still waiting to see the finished swap! But arn't we all!

Good luck

 

Sure am looking forward to it running again!

Very soon I do have a few people wanting the motor for repacment 3.4's so will see! Once I get it sold I can buy the parts to get mine up and running.

Im selling a few parts on here too like my 5vz heavy 38lb flywheel. All parts I sell go to getting mine running again

 

I hear ya man,good luck gettin a new job, ill be checkin in shortly.

 

Thanks, Ive been working for my parents some and also my friend got me a contracting job at a machine shop with him so I hope to learn tons from it and cant wait to be out in the trails again with you all!

Thanks!

 

If you happen to still have some of the measurements from your install, could you pm them to me, I'm starting the same thing on my '91 runner and need all the help I can get. The only difference is that mine will be streetable and carbed.

 

uh oh, Phil is getting his hands on a cNc machine...

This, is, scary.....

 

What measurments are you talking about? Ive detailed all I can think of just about between the first and second build threads I have! Check them ouyt and let me know specifics your looking for!

I already have had my hands on some

It is scary I know

I hope to one day make parts all yall will want im sure! Look for it soon

 

Crap!! Can someone throw me a shop towel, I got to clean the drool off my desk.

 

Ill take that as a compliment!

Why does everyone drool??? Theres so many sicker rigs than mine

Thanks!

 

awesome vics and awesome wheeling pics, im here at fort lewis and hope to wheel more

 

I hope to wheel more too one of these days when I can actualy finish my truck!

Thanks

 

My goodness! I really like the Pacific Northwest...

I could visualize myself camping somewhere in my rig in WA. I'm sleeping through the night under the stars w/ my dog. Morning comes and as the sun rises, a thick fog rolls in and all of a sudden my dog starts looking around and becomes silent.

In the distance I hear (but can't see) crackin' limbs and shifting rocks and I begin to sweat, my dogs growling, and then...
...about 300ft away i see this beast rig rise above the fog, one axle flexed out over a 3ft jagged rock...rear trailing. In an dinosaur T-rex like sound, the leafs compress down on the axle clearing the massive boulder. I look in astonishment, my dog w/ his mouth open, motionless as this machine manuvers over impossible obstacles. Then i hear the motor effortlessly working in sync with the churning gears, getting closer, coming straight towards us. Petrified, i clench my 14'bowie, thinking this has to be a deranged local i might of upset going overland. Nearing 50ft, I still can't see the driver from the heavy fog, I only assume the worst. . .
Then, in a sudden flash, a reflective image struck my eye. Recognizable only with my eyes squinted, I am able to barely make out a "Yotatech" forum sticker. . .

...I regain my composure as I know its friendly, He creeps next to me and I notice its fillsrunner4! I tell him how thankful I am that it was him. I offer him a Cinder Cone Red, and I explain the anxiety I just went through, we both laugh & finish our brews.

 

WOW now thats a sick story to and too

Heres a pic to enhance the visual

I dont show my face till the last second!